Toy



May 1923 1,454,094!

U E. w. WESTON v TOY Filed Jan. 19 1920 25 1 a suitable devices. I The arm isrevolvedby means of a fast p ltch screwand nut.- The 1 particular "relative arrangement; andfcon' Patented May 8, 19 23;

EUrEiIE' W. 'WESIIONQ dF AILL nnAi EjonrrnnIo; oANAnA v .e I t H i Be it lmown that I, a citizenof the United $tat'es of America; and resident of'thetownof Allandale,,in

T allwltom -itma'g mam-1 II t thefProvince of Ontario andwDominion of Canada, have invented certain new and useiul Improvements in, Toys of which the 'following is a full, clear, andeX aet descrip ,tion. 7 a

This invention relates ,to improvements tovs in in toys and .n iore. part'icularly :to the form of aeroplanes or the like.-

' v The object of the invention is to provide a 'cheap anddurable 'toy which may be folded into comparatively small space forstorage orshipment and which maybe put into operation in a momentof time, i A iurther ob ect is to n'ov de anaerial toy which Wlllfly n a predetermined area;

Astill furtherobject is to providea toy which may be operated without. motive power other than the force of gravity.

The device consists brieflygof .a balanced arm carrying at one or b Cth 4en ClS .II 11I11a-v ture reproductimisfl' of aeroplanes or other struction of the. screwgflnutand arm mayobviously bevaried as desired. V In the drawings which illustrate vent1on;+

i F l is an elevation .ill istratin;' vone; form of thefdevlce; r

-F1g. 2 is a; peijspectlvpitlew lllu strating the methbd of connecting th'ebalanced arm and screw.

3 is an elevation of another form 0i?- the device. I e

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary plan View illustrating the connection of the screw and nut.

Referring more particularly to the drawingsiand especially to Figures 11 and 2, 11;

designates a fast pitch screw which may be conveniently formeclrof two wires twisted together, one of the wires being longer than' the other and bent over at its ends to form hooks 12. Between the endsof the shorter wire and the hooks, shoulders 130i any suitable construction maybe formed on the longer Wire. An arm 14 is provided connected in any'suitableway for revolution about the screw 11. of connection is to provide a flattened loop 15 of wire on the arm 14, which is revolublej about the arrnfand which embraces between I ranimama the sore 'i-shown. ;A toy 18 such as an, aeroplane is attachedi to, one extremity, of the arm and weight or maybe in the form of another toy,

- the opposite extremity of the airing The ob-w .th'at the, arm willyihave'.notendency to "re 7 positions as illustrated."in-jFigure.v 1.',QYAc-; cording to the lawo'f gravitation, the army. i p

wardly or toward the 'iea-rthj This down wardpull is fsuifieient f'to causejtliejnutfl'and; C arm to followtli'eipitclr of the screw, thattheiarm revolves'fa bjoutitl 'i hr w,- f filf the insupported by the shoulder 13, so that breve- "willcontinue. fThe' screw may now be "unyhooked from its support-at 'the'top and al v lowed toi swing through an angle of 180 One convenient form t 1-1. is flattened in *{order} to prevent revolution otithesc'rewand arm excep by; following the thread of the screw, The loop 'or nut 115,1 preferably: located in: an offset 13011310111601 the arm onejside 17 0f' Wl'llCli11 counterbalance? 19, which] may be a simple possibly similar tothetoy18 is attached to,

i of h t is" to disposethe g eat r part'of the arm wei ghtand- 'the'weighto'fthe i v i toy andcounterbalance;below the pointfot,

connection between] the arin'andficrew, .SO

volve'relatively to thefnut, such" as would 'occur if the armwerejstraight, In opera' timl the devicevis, suspended by one 'of ,the hooks r12.fionr any'isuitable support, such as a chandelier-for fli t cQldt ll f stretched t across" a room; ,j Thev arm. 14 an devices 18 and 19 carried thereby-{occup' and the devices/l8 and 19. a i"e 'drawn' down it reaches the loWerQ lend land" dropsirorjf i the screw on ame; s eu1aerr 3. ,The hub and arniare now free from "the screw "and i I lution of the, arm due to its own momentuiir.

around the arm, carryingwith it'the nut 15 The. screw thus-inverted may be re i I turned to-its support and thejvoperati-onof f pp i the toywillbe repeated. When it islde-u sired tofship or store theflde vi'ce, the parts. 18 and 19 may be disconnected from the arm 14 and the nut orloopwl5 slippedfal'ong the curved portion 17 offthe ofiset untilthe While the screw has been described as ot twisted wire and thenutas of a wireloop' g i This, rail: rela re" screw 11 is in parallelism ;with andsub stantially against the armproper l4; In 2. j: this form, the deviceis very compaet gandkg 1 large numbers may be stored or shippedi a small space." i 1 v departing fromthe spirit of the invention,

such as for example the use of a twisted flat wire for the screw or the use of a piece of slotted sheet metal hingedly connected to the device is very similar to the arm as a nut. be reversible unless. desired.

In Figures 3 and a a slight modification of the device is shown; The screw 21 is supported by a one end with a stop23 havingthe same relation to the screw as ,the'shoulders 13 have to the screw 11. The opposite end of the screw is rigidly connected to an arm 2%, the extremities of which carry a toy l8 and a counterbalance 19. The support 22 is slotted at 25 to receive the screw and forms a nut, compelling; revolution of the screw as it works downward. reversible and, therefore, to facilitate resetting of the toy, the slot 25' is formed with one end open and provided with any suitable form of latch 26, which will normally retain the screw but which will permit the separation of the screw and supportfor resetting; and for storage. The support may he provided with a base 2'? adapted in any suitable way for attachment to the wall of a room or other vertical surface.-

Obviously, numerous changes of a minor nature may be made in the construction oi this form of the device and it must, there fore, be understood that the invention is not limited to the precise details of construction illustrated and described.

The operation of the latter form of the previous form. Thesupport 22 is suitably located, the latch 26 opened and the screw inserted in the slot 25 adjacent the arm 24.. On release, the

, screw works downwardly through the support, causing the armio revolve. lVlien the end of the arm is reached, the screw disengages from the slot and the device is supported by the shoulder 23, so that it free to rotate of its own momentum. To reset, the

Qbviously the screw need not bracket. 22 and is provided at This form of the device is not reinserted in its first position.

From the foregoing descrlption it willbe' readily seen that the device may be manu- Iact-ured very easily sold at a low cost. When the device 18 is an aeroplane, it may be provided with a freely revoluble propeller 20 which will be revolved by the movement of the aeroplane through the room. The aeroplane'will travel with increasing speed in a descending helix and will eventually travel in a circular path at fixed elevation until'its momentum is gone. The toy is so simple that even very small children can operate the same without assistance and without great'danger of destroying the toy. Being of a repeating or reversing construction, the operation, is practically continuous and children will not soon tire otplaying with it.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is: Y r

1. In a toy, a screw, an arm having an and cheaply and may be oiiset portion and a nut device receiving the other wire suliiciently for the reception of a.

nut between the shoulder and the end of the other wire, an arm having an offset portion, a nut device carried by the offset portion of said arm and provided with an elongated opening receiving the screw'therethrough,

and devices mounted at the ends of said arm.

3. In a toy, a screw comprising a, pair of wires twisted together, one of said wires having the ends thereof extended beyond the ends of the other wire andprovided with shoulders, and an arm provided intermediate of its length with a flat loop embracing the screw and arranged to. travel thereon.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand.

EUGENE N. WESTON. 

